Questions 1:
As I was getting into my car my neighbour shouted out of his front window and asked me where I was going. When I told him I was going to town he asked if I could give him a lift into work. He was afraid he was late for work because his car had broken down and it would not start. I explane that I was not going into town but but I could give him a lift to the railway station.
Question 2:
1. hurry, be in a hurry.
a. Well, I can’t stay longer, I …am in a hurry… I’ve got much work to do.
b. Don’t …hurry… We’ve got half an hour left.
c. Speak slowly. Don’t …hurry… .
d. I met him the other day but couldn’t speak with him as he …was in a hurry… somewhere.
2. carry, take, bring
a. …Bring… your dictionaries to class tomorrow. We’ll do some translation.
b. Will you …take… these books back to the library. We don’t need them any longer.
c. Help Lucy to …carry… these suitcases. They are very heavy.
d. “Where is the article ?”
“I’m afraid, I haven’t …brought… it.”
Question 3:
1. “It’s eight o’clock. The children ……have to….…. go to bed”, Mr Brown said to the nurse.
2. He told me that I ……must………. learn by heart some twenty lines every day to know Enlish well.
3. He ……had to…..…. stay the night with us because he had missed the last bus.
4. I ……am to……. start on my new job on Monday.
5. She ………has to…….. learn to do things for herself. I refuse to help her in future.
6. He ……is to…….... stay the night with us and tomorrow he sets off on his tour to Europe.
7. We ……must…….. begin as early as possible or we shan’t finish it today.
8. My mother says that I ………must……. not be out after 11 o’clock but I don’t have to hurry home because she herself is out playing bridge.
9. My bike was under repair and I ………was to…..…. collect it that afternoon.
10. My bike is under repair and I ………had to……. walk here this morning.
Question 4:
The Browns live in the countryside. Last week when they came up to London, they spent their times in seeing as much as possible . Mrs Borowns was most interested in stores, especially in Oxford street, and bought some of the things which she could not find in the shops in the countryside. Their two children, George and Susan, who had never been to London before, were surprised at the crowds everywhere. They enjoyed travelling on the underground and going down the moving stairs which lead to the platforms.
One day they went to Hyde Park and walked along on the grass to Kensington Garden under the bright autumn